How come it is always christian apologists that
claim science points to an intelligent creator and not the scientific community?
Not exact matches
Why don't you just make a
claim or tell me your
point about Jesus and
science?
A scientist once
claimed to find Dinosaur soft tissue, therefore all
science that
points to an old Earth is invalid and The Bible is literally true.
Christians are then left
pointing to sociological maladies to vindicate our
claims or appealing to the authority of a «pure
science» which doesn't exist; or in the case of «same sex marriage,» we're reduced to pleading for private exemptions from public «justice.»
The
point is that
science is merely man's OBSERVATIONS of the world around him > The Bible
claims to be something more.
As neil degrasse tyson
pointed out, each of our great mathematicians and scientists throughout the centuries reached their limit and declared God did it... only to have the next guy push though that barrier, reach their own limit... and
claim the same... This lady has the benefit of history and
science at her finger tips, and judging by her credentials is no stranger to the scientific process, and still fell into the same trap...
Actually, modern
science put a lot more of effort into discrediting discoveries that
point to validity of
claims made by religion, than the opposite.
At least you'll be able to add it to your repertoire of «things to
point to» to
claim science is an «incorrect belief system».
Northrop observed such a confluence, and held that Whitehead and Berg - son differed only on one major
point of doctrine: he alleges that, for Bergson, spatialization in
science constitutes a falsification of experience, while he thinks this is not the case for Whitehead.30 There are two problems with this
claim by Northrop.
But Topher, keep in mind that if God can bend scientific laws as He chooses, there is no
point in using ANY
science, including
science you
claim supports the Bible.
It's ironic because you said that creationist have no evidence to support their
claims but you mentioned organizations that find such evidence And again their
point is that history and
science will not contradict the Bible
3 The obvious critical
point to make of Whitehead here is to indicate that his statement that
science is true for each percipient is to
claim to know something of the experience, qua scientific, of each percipient, and hence to have admitted an element of transcendence into the very statement of the problem.
I no longer believe because I am done listening to people
claim to have answers they don't have, it is dishonest, irresponsible, immoral and can be dangerous I am glad you trust
science, to a
point, but when
science is not able to provide an answer you insert god and like I said, that is lazy.
Look, a cult of keeping a child at the breast until advanced age has become a trend among primarily white, educated, affluent women, the blogger is simply making a
point that there is no concrete
science to back - up the
claims being made for the benefits.
Dellavalle
points out that lack of ability to test the effect of UV tanning on cancer in a randomized control trial is «a primary advantage for the tanning industry, which
claims that there is lack of true
science behind cancer - causing
claims.»
Others, like me, are convinced that no theoretical or empirical evidence exists for such a
claim, and that a widespread belief in the existence of such a
point of no return threatens to push ecological
science and its application in the wrong direction.
The authors
claim that most of the conservation
science is missing the
point when it comes to climate change.
He also maintains that Western
science is more than simply Western, because it is universal, but this is precisely the
claim which conservatives have made a
point of rejecting: they do not see a tradition so obviously tied to the history of the West as a system of objective, neutral or universal truth.
We review published
claims associated with our technical areas of research and
point out false or misleading representations of
science to help ensure public and commercial policies are guided by facts based on rigorous scientific exploration.
There is not much out there in the scientific world to date, however, to make the
claim that healthier people are more spiritual, but the
science that
points to the benefits of having a spiritual life and outlook is compelling.
Gundry, while quick to
point how stupid we are compared to those clever Asians who mill their rice, lacks the peer reviewed
science to back up his fantastic
claims.
Amid reports that overweight pupils underperform academically — data obtained from at least six studies by Scottish PHD student Anne Martin show that children who are obese at 11 achieve lower than average marks in maths,
science and English at 16 — and findings that there is a higher incidence of serious childhood obesity in London than New York, figures like the London Health Commission's Lord Darzi are
claiming that the issue is «at breaking
point.»
While legally required to offer a public - school - equivalent education, there is an ongoing New York City investigation into practices at some schools in the highly insular ultra-Orthodox community, with
claims that more than a few used by the Hasidic religious group prioritize religious studies to the
point that many students graduating 12th grade are near ignorant when it comes to anything more than basic math, grammar,
science or history, leaving them all but unemployable.
A more flawed piece would be quite a find, but, as the author resorts to
claiming logical fallacy in Howey's «
science»... let me
point out the one which his entire thesis rests on:
[19, 20] But if, as the authors
claim, «the
science points to cats,» then it does so rather obliquely, an acknowledgement Jessup and Miller make begrudgingly:
But you didn't answer my
point — so try again: If someone
claims that the
science is a hoax but in fact it turns out to very real and very impactful, what «accountability» should be applied?
We have now entered the Twilight Zone where climate scientists are equivalent to David Icke (
claimed he was Jesus reincarnated at one
point) and a «
science paper» is up there with an episode of InfoWars.
He references this AMEG nonsense, presents it as valid
science (although it is the furthest thing from), grossly exaggerates articles to make a
point, and
claims utter nonsense (6 °C by 2050, more than 100 % more than any credible institution predicts under any scenario) and never backs up his
claims with numbers (especially his feedbacks, apart from the AMEG / methane stuff).
I am not going to stand up and support every
point made in those references, firstly because I don't, secondly because I am not qualified and finally because the whole
point of my initial post was to demonstrate that the side which
claims to be on the side of the «
science», is demonstrably uncritical of anything which supports their view.
Anyone who
points to the
claims of «an ice age beginning» back in the 70's as an excuse to dismiss the
science of today is being very disingenuous, unethical and misleading, because the climate was undeniably cooling during the 70's although it was not understood at the time.
So, people do care when you are opposed to their
point of view, it seems, so it is quite useful to show that I work with some of the top UK climate scientists (via Tyndall), that I am involve in climate policy modelling (and climate modelling via CIAS), so I don't get any patronising comments by anonymous people who
claim I should be quiet because they «read the
science» while I must be a PR guy if I want to engage with people with a different opinion to myself.
Similarly, and as discussed here, Matthew England's recent discovery of the «missing heat» — right or wrong — in the oceans followed years of his somewhat angry criticisms of climate sceptics rightly
pointing out the missing heat, leading to their
claims, rightly or wrongly that climate
science had erred.
My
point was that I see little to be gained in
claiming the other side is nothing but oddballs, nutcases and loons, all with motivations having little to do with
science.
«The messages of the two
points outlined in the extract above are: (1) the
claims about increases in frequency and intensity of extreme events are generally not supported by actual observations and, (2) official information about climate
science is largely controlled by agencies through (a) funding choices for research and (b) by the carefullyselected (i.e. biased) authorship of reports such as the EPA Endangerment Finding and the National Climate Assessment.»
Is there even ONE SINGLE
point that Oreskes can
claim as her OWN, that isn't patently obviously utter drivel, motivated by her desire to have
science dictated to by extreme statist ideology?
Many more of Monckton's
claims — including others about snow cover and sea - ice — are being diligently examined against the peer - reviewed
science — yet again — by SkepticalScience, which has begun a series looking at his debating
points in detail.
But the abandonment by climate scientists of the need to verify their
claims is at the heart of Darwall's belief that the
science is the critically weak
point of the «idea» of climate change.
But contrary to the Journal's
claim that the EPA disavowed that finding because the agency had been «barraged by plaintiff attorneys and Hollywood celebrities,» it was actually changed after the EPA's scientific advisory board, which evaluates the agency's «use of
science,»
pointed out that the draft conclusion wasn't supported elsewhere in the report:
Albert Einstein Anyone
claiming their
point of view represents
science, is a charlatan and a fraud.
The
claim that 2014 was the hottest year in history shows that the global warming scare is not a high
point in the history of
science.
Haapala also
pointed out how unscientific such scheming was — especially when perpetrated by those
claiming that the «
science is settled» and that humanity must promptly submit to a draconian UN «global warming» regime.
The only
point I'm reasonably sure of is that you are
claiming that climate
science has destroyed the credibility of
science in general.
My questions about a) Christy and Spencer are relevant to the
points raised on this thread by Craig Loehle abourt conflicts of interest; b) My
points and questions about you failing applying skepticism and scrutiny equally is also relevant to the whole
point of your blog and
claims about caring about the
science and building bridges.
(See: Media Tipping
Point: Houston Chronicle Reporter Reconsiders
Science is «Settled»
Claims!
One of the unfortunate side effects of which was that (and this is not necessarily your field's fault in the direct sense) every two - bit environmental activist, campaigner, and pressure group took it as license to fully politicize the
science with naive and exaggerated
claims about the «effects» of global warming (apparently it's responsible for everything), or where the «tipping
point» was (30 years, no 20 years, no 10 years, etc.) or how quickly we could «de-carbonize» our economy (50 % reduction in 40 years, no 70 % in 30 years, no 90 % in 15 years).
The «consensus» is shot and the Medium has become the Message: all who
claim there is a consensus of opinion
pointing to humans as the cause of global are simply outing themselves as
science pariahs.
The site to which you
point is full of the standard attacks on
science and individual scientists, including
claims about plots to impose «world government».
The
point was made to counter the
claim by many in Climate
Science that light is INSTANTLY transformed into thermal energy.
While environmental activists and some politicians
claim «the debate is over» and call for immediate action to reduce man - made greenhouse gas emissions, others say the
science points to only a very small human impact — too small to warrant concern — and the costs of trying to prevent global warming far exceed the benefits.
Matthew England's recent discovery of the «missing heat» â $» right or wrong â $» in the oceans followed years of his somewhat angry criticisms of climate sceptics rightly
pointing out the missing heat, leading to their
claims, rightly or wrongly that climate
science had erred.